This thingy dates from the 1860s and was written by Jenny Marx, Karl Marx's
daughter. She sent it
to her exciting communist pals to fill out, apparently for the sheer
fun of it.Here's the answers of a few of my Doll characters from Dun Elisedd, if we assume/pretend we could get them to answer these.
Answers for Kevya, my IH Barron hybrid.
The quality you like best in a man:
Integrity. Honesty, character and keeping his word.
The quality you like best in a woman:
Kindness.
Your chief characteristic:
People say I'm dangerous.
Your idea of happiness:
A hillside by the sea, a flock to watch after, and no wolves coming.
Either that, or a windy afternoon out in the forest with Lir, hunting.
Your idea of misery:
The cell on the island of Rilvomar where I spent so many years chained and treated like an animal.
The vice you detest the most:
Sadism.
The vice you excuse the most:
Cowardice. Some things are too much to ask anyone to face.
Your chief aversion:
I don't like chains, or being tied up.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Athero made the peace with Elisedd, the first King.
Your favourite occupation:
Being Lir's Guard.
Your favourite writer:
Ian has been writing down some old Verdani stories.
Your favourite flower:
Crocus. It blooms in the snow.
Your favourite colour:
Blue
Your favourite dish:
Lamb stew and Verdani flat bread
Your favourite motto:
Serve
Answers for Prince Lir, my Soom Lupin
The quality you like best in a man:
Honesty. The air is so thick with ulterior motives around here I could cut it with a knife.
The quality you like best in a woman:
Patience, and a tolerance for my idiosyncracies.
Your chief characteristic:
I like to hope I am thoughtful.
Your idea of happiness:
An evening by the fire with a good book or a fine story, good music, and close friends around.
Your idea of misery:
I felt rather sorry for myself when I came home to find my family gone
and our homeland so ravaged, but I've also seen the state of things
further south, like on Rilvomar, and the condition of rampant crime and
slavery there was horrifying.
The vice you detest the most:
A hunger for power over other men. The man who wants power is the man
who least deserves to have it. Heh, I guess that bodes well for my own
reign.
The vice you excuse the most:
Cowardice. I agree with Kevya- Some things are just horrible, and you can't fault a man for simply not being able to face them.
Your chief aversion:
Seeing others in pain or in trouble. I have to help as much as I can, I can't leave them like that.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Elisedd, my famous ancestor and the founder of my Royal Lineage. He built this castle I call home.
Your favourite occupation:
Learning. I love to read.
Your favourite writer:
Cadogan the Chronicler wrote some of our better histories.
Your favourite flower:
My mother had a rose garden, and even after she was gone the servants
kept it up. It made Father happy to see her roses bloom every year.
Your favourite colour:
Green
Your favourite dish:
Almond pudding
Your favourite motto:
Knowledge is the key to the world.
Answers for Davan, My Iplehouse Taregan
The quality you like best in a man:
Strength, and the sense to obey
The quality you like best in a woman:
A buxom figure and a certain something when seduced.
Your chief characteristic:
I am rather clever, I do admit. I enjoy thinking.
Your idea of happiness:
My little empire expanding, my servants carrying out my orders, fine
parties, a woman on my arm and in my bed, and a good vintage of wine.
Your idea of misery:
Being a penniless filthy peasant.
The vice you detest the most:
Incompetence. I have no use for useless people.
The vice you excuse the most:
Hedonism is merely what the repressed envy and the honest enjoy.
Your chief aversion:
I do not enjoy being dirty. I prefer to be well groomed and clean.
Your favourite literary or historical character:
Me. I am making history.
Your favourite occupation:
Merchant Lord. It's a lucrative position, and I rule my island like a king.
Your favourite writer:
Teris Shan wrote a beautiful collection of poems, as well as a definitive work on the effects of various methods of torture.
Your favourite flower:
River Lilies, or perhaps jasmine.
Your favourite colour:
Red, or gold.
Your favourite dish:
Young quail in spiced wine and orange sauce.
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
The King's Wolf
from the Court of Dun Elisedd storyline...
His Royal Majesty Lir and Kevya the Wolf, his servant.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Character Interview: Kevya
From a Character Interview thingy on "Den of Angels", a BJD forum.
Kevya is a character of mine from a Novel-In-Perpetual-Progress that I've been working on for years.
Being able to make a BJD that looks pretty much like him has been a goal of mine since I got into this hobby. I think I've almost got the doll how I want it.
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Kevya
Doll Mold: Iplehouse Barron Mod
Face up: me
Eyes: Bright blue
Hair: Black
Age: Unknown
He's from a medieval world, and he's... a rather strange person. I'll let him answer but I may add comments.
If you were to describe yourself with one word, what would it be?
Wolf. That's one of my names.
What is most important to you in the world?
Right now, Lir. He saved my life, and probably my soul too.
Would you help someone who needed it while passing?
I... suppose so.
Are you very observant?
Very.
How innocent/naive can you be?
I was once. I'm not anymore, except maybe where court social life is concerned, but I'm under no illusions.
Can you entertain yourself easily?
I suppose. I can always spend time watching what's happening around me.
How well do you get along with others?
I don't... really like people. Especially not crowds.
What was the longest time you had a friend?
Before I was a slave, back in the north, I had friends I knew for years and years...
Do you have someone who knows you inside out?
Yes, and I pray never to meet him again.
How short is your temper?
That depends on what is bothering me. I am normally patient.
Can you let go of grudges easily?
I don't form them easily, but I doubt I ever let go of them. Some things I cannot forgive.
Do you read?
When I can.
How long do you stay interested in something?
As long as is needful.
Do you know your parents/creator?
No. I was found on the tideline after a storm, half drowned.
What is your birthday?
I don't know.
Do you have any siblings?
None that I know of.
Ever have to fight for what you believe in?
I've had to fight for my life. I believe in surviving. Now I fight to guard Lir. I believe in him.
When did you move out on your own?
A year or so after I was found, I left the house of the people who took me in and built my own small home.
When did you REALLY mature?
I've always looked this same age, somewhat. I feel so much older and more worn having been a slave. Years were taken from me.
Did you have many friends?
I did, before being made a slave.
Any action you regret?
Every murder I was forced to commit in the fighting arena.
What is a memory you treasure?
Everything from before the arena is vague and faint, but I remember being married to my wife. I remember loving her.
Do you have a dream partner?
I haven't dreamt like that in a long time.
Do you believe you seek someone like your parents(or creator)?
I wouldn't know.
Do you have one night stands?
Do I what?
What feature is most attention grabbing for you?
In a woman? Her temperament. If she is unpleasant, her face hardly matters.
What MUST someone have for you to consider them?
Kindness.
Older, younger, same age as you?
I don't know my own age- Who am I to say?
How do you feel about settling down?
If I could, I think I would.
How many dates before you go to bed with someone?
Beg pardon? ... I would want to be married to a woman before I gave myself to her.
How do you handle rejection?
I'm not sure.
How many times did you stop something before it developed?
...I don't understand the question.
Have you settled down and if so for how long?
I was married once for fourteen years. She died.
Any Children?
No. I could not give her children. She had born a child of a previous marriage who had died in infancy, so she could have carried a child...
What do you love most about your partner?
It's hard to remember- Everything before the arena is so hard to recall- I loved her laugh. I loved her eyes. I loved being held by her.
Any petnames?
What? No.
How many relationships have you been in?
Elrehanna was my wife's name. She died of a fever.
There was a... woman who was employed by my owner, when I was a slave- that doesn't count.
Have you ended any?
I killed that woman. Snapped her neck.
Has your heart been broken?
Yes.
Any loves you cannot have?
My wife is gone, and I have grieved for her.
Do you believe in true love?
I think I had it once.
Have you ever died?
What? No, if I had, we would not be talking. [He has died, he doesn't remember]
Can you even die?
Well, yes.
Have you seen someone die?
Too many.
Have you killed someone?
Too many to count.
Have you had someone killed?
No.
What makes you truly happy?
Now? Being safe. Being with Lir, out in the countryside.
If you could, what is one thing you would spend your life doing?
I intend to spend it serving my King.
Do you have a job, if so what is it?
I am Lir's guard.
Have you ever gone insane?
Wha-? Yes. Yes I have and I'd prefer not to talk about it.
Did you ever feel as if you were the only sane one in the world?
No.
If you had a choice, would you live a calm eternal life, or live a wild short life?
Peace doesn't sound so bad.
Kevya is a character of mine from a Novel-In-Perpetual-Progress that I've been working on for years.
Being able to make a BJD that looks pretty much like him has been a goal of mine since I got into this hobby. I think I've almost got the doll how I want it.
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Kevya
Doll Mold: Iplehouse Barron Mod
Face up: me
Eyes: Bright blue
Hair: Black
Age: Unknown
He's from a medieval world, and he's... a rather strange person. I'll let him answer but I may add comments.
If you were to describe yourself with one word, what would it be?
Wolf. That's one of my names.
What is most important to you in the world?
Right now, Lir. He saved my life, and probably my soul too.
Would you help someone who needed it while passing?
I... suppose so.
Are you very observant?
Very.
How innocent/naive can you be?
I was once. I'm not anymore, except maybe where court social life is concerned, but I'm under no illusions.
Can you entertain yourself easily?
I suppose. I can always spend time watching what's happening around me.
How well do you get along with others?
I don't... really like people. Especially not crowds.
What was the longest time you had a friend?
Before I was a slave, back in the north, I had friends I knew for years and years...
Do you have someone who knows you inside out?
Yes, and I pray never to meet him again.
How short is your temper?
That depends on what is bothering me. I am normally patient.
Can you let go of grudges easily?
I don't form them easily, but I doubt I ever let go of them. Some things I cannot forgive.
Do you read?
When I can.
How long do you stay interested in something?
As long as is needful.
Do you know your parents/creator?
No. I was found on the tideline after a storm, half drowned.
What is your birthday?
I don't know.
Do you have any siblings?
None that I know of.
Ever have to fight for what you believe in?
I've had to fight for my life. I believe in surviving. Now I fight to guard Lir. I believe in him.
When did you move out on your own?
A year or so after I was found, I left the house of the people who took me in and built my own small home.
When did you REALLY mature?
I've always looked this same age, somewhat. I feel so much older and more worn having been a slave. Years were taken from me.
Did you have many friends?
I did, before being made a slave.
Any action you regret?
Every murder I was forced to commit in the fighting arena.
What is a memory you treasure?
Everything from before the arena is vague and faint, but I remember being married to my wife. I remember loving her.
Do you have a dream partner?
I haven't dreamt like that in a long time.
Do you believe you seek someone like your parents(or creator)?
I wouldn't know.
Do you have one night stands?
Do I what?
What feature is most attention grabbing for you?
In a woman? Her temperament. If she is unpleasant, her face hardly matters.
What MUST someone have for you to consider them?
Kindness.
Older, younger, same age as you?
I don't know my own age- Who am I to say?
How do you feel about settling down?
If I could, I think I would.
How many dates before you go to bed with someone?
Beg pardon? ... I would want to be married to a woman before I gave myself to her.
How do you handle rejection?
I'm not sure.
How many times did you stop something before it developed?
...I don't understand the question.
Have you settled down and if so for how long?
I was married once for fourteen years. She died.
Any Children?
No. I could not give her children. She had born a child of a previous marriage who had died in infancy, so she could have carried a child...
What do you love most about your partner?
It's hard to remember- Everything before the arena is so hard to recall- I loved her laugh. I loved her eyes. I loved being held by her.
Any petnames?
What? No.
How many relationships have you been in?
Elrehanna was my wife's name. She died of a fever.
There was a... woman who was employed by my owner, when I was a slave- that doesn't count.
Have you ended any?
I killed that woman. Snapped her neck.
Has your heart been broken?
Yes.
Any loves you cannot have?
My wife is gone, and I have grieved for her.
Do you believe in true love?
I think I had it once.
Have you ever died?
What? No, if I had, we would not be talking. [He has died, he doesn't remember]
Can you even die?
Well, yes.
Have you seen someone die?
Too many.
Have you killed someone?
Too many to count.
Have you had someone killed?
No.
What makes you truly happy?
Now? Being safe. Being with Lir, out in the countryside.
If you could, what is one thing you would spend your life doing?
I intend to spend it serving my King.
Do you have a job, if so what is it?
I am Lir's guard.
Have you ever gone insane?
Wha-? Yes. Yes I have and I'd prefer not to talk about it.
Did you ever feel as if you were the only sane one in the world?
No.
If you had a choice, would you live a calm eternal life, or live a wild short life?
Peace doesn't sound so bad.
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